Earth's Surface
The word we use to describe pieces of Earth's crust that float on top of the mantle
What are plates?
This boundary is found where 2 plates move toward each other.
What is a convergent boundary?
The Grand Canyon was formed by this process.
What is weathering?
This word means the carrying away of sediment and soil.
What is erosion?
This force pulls objects downhill, sometimes resulting in a landslide.
What is gravity?
The theory about a supercontinent, Pangea, and how the continents have moved over time.
What is Continental Drift?
This boundary is formed when 2 plates move away from each other.
What is a divergent boundary?
This region in the Pacific Ocean is known for its volcanic activity, which follows the same pattern as the Pacific Plate boundary edges.
What is the Ring of Fire?
This word means the breaking down of rock.
What is weathering?
This force occurs when two things press or squeeze against each other.
What is compression?
River deltas form by sediment settling at the mouth of rivers. This vocab word is the process involved in creating deltas.
What is deposition?
This boundary forms where 2 plates slide and scrape against each other.
What is transform boundary?
Mariana Trench, the deepest place of Earth, was caused by this type of plate boundary.
What is a convergent boundary?
This word means the settling of eroded material.
What is deposition?
This force describes when things pull away from each other.
What is tension?
This data can be used to predict volcanic eruptions.
What is Seismic/Earthquake data (or amount of SO2)?
This type of boundary is best known for creating volcanoes.
What are divergent boundaries?
A convergent boundary between China and India created this famous mountain range, including Mt. Everest.
What are the Himalayas?
This two-word phrase describes ocean waves crashing pebbles into each other, creating smaller pieces of rock and sand.
What is physical weathering?
This force describes things sliding or scraping against each other.
What is shear?
This is sediment deposited by glaciers.
What is a moraine?
This landform is found in California, along a transform boundary.
What is the San Andreas Fault?
This underwater landform is found between North America and Europe and is a place where new crust is formed.
What is the Mid-Atlantic Ridge?
This two-word phrase describes lichen using acid to break down rock into soil
What is chemical weathering?
Thermal energy from the core causes this, which moves tectonic plates.
what are convection currents in the mantle?